Two Bizarre "Tokyo!" Clips

Two very bizarre clips from the upcoming "Tokyo!" film, directed by Michel Gondry (Enternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind), Leos Carax (The Loves on the Bridge) and Bong Joon-ho (The Host), have been released. The film explores Japan's multifaceted capital city through three indelible stories. Here are the three plot descriptions:

Interior Design (Michel Gondry): Hiroko and Akira, a young couple, arrive in Tokyo to pursue their careers, moving in temporarily with Hiroko's old friend Akemi, a career girl whose boyfriend quickly tires of the houseguests. Hiroko and Akira appear to have a solid and mutually supportive relationship that will seemingly carry them through any challenge. Akira, the young man, takes steps towards his ambition to become a filmmaker, but the woman is less sure of herself and gradually she begins to lose herself in the vast city. Ultimately she under-goes a surreal metamorphoses that gives her an unexpected sense of peace and purpose. Adapted from the comic "Cecil and Jordan in New York."

Merde (Leos Carax): Merde (a French term translating as "sh*t") is the name given to an unkempt, gibberish-spewing subterranean creature of the Tokyo sewers who rises from the underground lair where he dwells to attack unsuspecting locals in increasingly brazen and terrifying ways: he steals cash and cigarettes from passersby, frightens old women and salaciously licks schoolgirls, resulting in a televised media frenzy that creates mounting hysteria among the Tokyo populace. After discovering an arsenal of hand grenades in his underground lair, Merde slips into full-on assault mode, hurling the munitions at random citizens and creating a Godzilla-like atmosphere of urban terror, which the media promptly laps up and reflects back to its equally voracious television audience. Enter pompous French magistrate Maitre Voland - a dead ringer for the sewer creature's gnarled and twisted demeanor - who arrives in Tokyo to represent Merde's inevitable televised trial, claiming to be the sole person in the world able to speak his client's unintelligible language. The media circus mounts as lawyer defends client in a surreal court of law hungry for a satisfying resolution. Merde is tried, convicted and sentenced to death - until justice takes an unexpected turn.

Shaking Tokyo (Bong Joon-ho): The story revolves around a Tokyo shut-in, who has not left his apartment in a decade. His only link to the outside world is through his telephone, which he uses to command every necessity from a series of random and anonymous delivery people, including the pizza that he lives on and the hundreds of discarded pizza cartons he meticulously stacks in and around his cramped apartment. But one day is different - his pizza arrives thanks to a lovely young woman who succeeds in catching the shut-in's eye. Suddenly an earthquake strikes Tokyo, prompting the beautiful young delivery woman to faint in her client's apartment. And then the unthinkable happens - the shut-in falls hopelessly in love. Time passes and he discovers through another pizza delivery person that the improbable object of his affections has become a shut-in in her own right. Taking a bold leap into the unknown, our hero crosses the threshold of his apartment and takes to the streets in search of his mystery girl, at last discovering his kindred spirit at the very moment another earthquake strikes.

The film is set to appear in NY theaters on March 6th and will then expand to LA and nationwide on March 20th.